Memphis, Tennessee
One of the oldest operating general stores in the South, this shop offers everything from Elvis souvenirs (he used to shop here) to voodoo love potions.The store's family motto is, "If you can't find it at A. Schwab's, you're better off without it!" As the oldest surviving establishment...
Winchester, Virginia
As the oldest house in Winchester, this stone building is an example of early settlement life in the lower Shenandoah Valley.The oldest house in Winchester, this stone building is a wonderful example of early settlement life in the lower Shenandoah Valley. Furnishings include a fine collection of...
Philippi, West Virginia
An elegant 1850s plantation home restored to give visitors an authentic picture of 19th Century rural life.
This stately brick home at Philippi, West Virginia is set against the rolling hills of Barbour County and was built in 1870. The mansion house has been restored with great attention to...
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
The Society offers the public its headquarters and museum located in Schmucker Hall or "Old Dorm" on the campus of the the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Gettysburg.The society manages a museum in Shmucker Hall of the Luthern Theological Seminary, which was directly affected by the pivotal Battle...
Mardela Springs, Maryland
Eight historic buildings, including a farmhouse, comprise the Adkins Museum Complex
The Adkins historical and museum complex inc was created and developed over a period of 15 years by J. Howard and Louise Adkins. Join us for a tour of eight historic buildings and the gravestones of a revolutionary...
Richmond, Virginia
This 15th century house was dismantled and reconstructed, later moving to the United States in 1926.A "transplant" from Tudor England, this half-timbered manor house built in the 15th century was dismantled and brought to Virginia in 1926 where it was reconstructed near the James River....
Montgomery, Alabama
This 1847 Greek Revival structure saw both the ascendancy of the Confederacy prior to the Civil War and the triumph of civil rights solidarity with the 1965 Voting Rights March.Completed in 1851, this National Historic Landmark is a museum of state history and politics. Additions to the building...
Birmingham, Alabama
Completely restored, this historic theatre continues to host performances and movie screenings for the general public.The Alabama Theatre was built in 1927 by Paramount Studios as an Alabama showcase for Paramount films. It was used primarily as a movie palace for 55 years, with the exception of...
San Antonio, Texas
The old mission stands as a monument to the small band of Texans who held out for thirteen days against the Centralist army of General Antonio López de Santa Anna.Although the Alamo fell in the early morning hours of March 6, 1836, the death of the Alamo Defenders has come to symbolize...
Miami, Florida
The 1918 worldwide influenza outbreak compelled Miami officials to construct this, the city's first hospital.The first city hospital, which opened at the time of the influenza epidemic of 1918, is Miami's oldest surviving hospital building. It was designed by August C. Geiger, who is best known for...
Albany, New York
Incorporated in 1942, the association preserves Albany's history, most recently with the stewardship of and preservation of the Ten Broeck Mansion.The 209-year-old Ten Broeck Mansion is the headquarters of the Albany County Historical Association (ACHA), an organization that helps preserve and...
Tallahassee, Florida
This state park, located in the heart of Tallahassee, is a place where visitors can enjoy scenic gardens, lakes, and hiking trails.These beautiful ornamental gardens were first planted in 1923 by Alfred B. and Louise Maclay after they purchased the property for their winter home. A masterpiece of...
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The late 19th-century architectural masterpiece still functions as a courthouse today, nestled in the heart of downtown Pittsburgh.Designed by famed architect Henry Hobson Richardson, the Allegheny County Courthouse and Jail complex is the most lasting symbol of Allegheny County. Completed in 1888...
Markleeville, California
The Alpine County Historical Complex houses exhibits that highlight Alpine County history, with a main museum and other period buildings and equipment from the pioneer days.The Museum contains displays of an old country store, a blacksmith shop, Washoe Indian basketry, watch maker's desk, doctor's...
Amana, Iowa
One of Iowa's most famous travel destinations, these seven authentic German villages were founded as a religious commune 150 years ago.The name Amana means to "remain faithful". It has, in many ways, remained faithful to the communal culture; historical buildings have been preserved; the...
Amherst, Massachusetts
The Museum is filled with decorative arts, paintings, household implements, agricultural tools and other pieces of history from the nearly three hundred years since Amherst was settled. The Amherst History Museum opened in 1916 and is governed by the Amherst Historical Society, which was...
Andersonville, Georgia
From the Revolutionary War to Operation Iraqi Freedom, this military site commemorates the sacrifices of brave American prisoners of war at the National Prisoner of War museum.Camp Sumter, commonly called Andersonville, was one of the largest military prisons established by the Confederacy during...
Mission Hills, California
The Andres Pico Adobe is one of the oldest residences in the City of Los Angeles, presenting a bygone era and the rich historical past of the San Fernando Valley.Inside are museum displays of native American beads, Mission and Spanish-Mexican era artifacts, costumes and clothing that span more than...
Blountville, Tennessee
Once inhabited by Native Americans and pioneers alike, these caverns feature archeological sites, walking tours, and nearby campgrounds.For many years the cavern lay in silence broken only by the sound of the water, the animals that called it home and the occasional human who made their way into it...
Idaho Springs, Colorado
A pillar of mining achievement, this mine stands nearly unchanged since its creation in 1859. Visitors can enjoy a guided tour and the museum with hands-on exhibits.The five-story Argo mill was renovated and opened to the public as a historic and educational tour. Most of the equipment used for...
Little Rock, Arkansas
This program provides walking tours to local landmarks and historic sites.The Arkansas Historic Preservation Program is devoted to getting the citizens of Arkansas involved in their past. The AHPP also offers workshops and programs for youth education. In addition, a virtual tour is available of...
Gillett, Arkansas
Visitors are invited to explore this complex of five exhibit buildings and learn about life on, and the history of, Arkansas's Grand Prairie and Delta.The Main House contains an audiovisual room and gift shop. The Summer Kitchen showcases domestic tools and kitchen instruments of old. The Peterson...
Napoleonville, Louisiana
Built in 1896 and still-functioning, this courthouse is the parish's only specimen of Italianate architecture.The Assumption Parish Courthouse was built in 1896, while the nearby jail is an earlier building that was in place by at least 1885. The late 19th and early 20th centuries were a time of...
Golden, Colorado
Explore how the people of Golden, Colorado settled a bustling town that served the developing West as a government center and mining supply town.The Astor House was built in 1867, and stayed in continuous operation as a boarding and rooming house until 1971. It rented rooms and served hot meals to...
Columbia, Tennessee
Built as a private residence, the Athenaeum Rectory became one of the most prestigious schools for women in the United States.Originally designed in 1835 as a home for Samuel Polk Walker, President James K. Polk's nephew, in 1837 it became the residence of the Reverend Mr. Franklin Gillette Smith....
Key West, Florida
There are 28 first edition Audubon works in the house, while the gardens offer a lush one-acre view of tropical foliage.Famed ornithologist John James Audubon spent much productive time during his 1832 visit to the Florida Keys and Dry Tortugas in this house. He left the Keys with 18 new drawings...
Augusta, Georgia
The Augusta Canal National Heritage Area, located in east central Georgia, interprets this canal's historical development and its national significance.Visitors can float past 200 years of Georgia history on a replica canal cargo boat, visit the award-winning Canal Interpretive Center in a restored...
Avon, New York
The nearly 200-year old architecturally reknowned inn near Rochester, NY serves visitors meals as well as history.This stately, 19th-century Greek Revival mansion, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, now serves as a venue for special occasions and as a restaurant Fridays through...
Wailuku, Hawaii
Built in 1833 as the home of Edward and Caroline Bailey, Bailey House is now a museum showcasing Hawaiian culture, artifacts, paintings and furnishings from nineteenth-century Maui.The mission home, built on the site of the Royal compound of Kahekili, last ruling chief of Maui, served as the...
Los Alamos, New Mexico
At Bandelier, evidence of the Ancestral Pueblo people can be found in the dwellings, artifacts, and continuing culture of the modern pueblo.Bandelier has a long human history and links to the modern Pueblos. Early Spanish settlers, the Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC), and the National Park Service...
Fishkill, New York
The Scottish-style castle on the Hudson River was built in the early 1900s when purchased by David Bannerman.David Bannerman purchased the island from the Taft family in 1900 as a safe storage site for the weapons he collected on behalf of his business. Mr. Bannerman began construction on a...
Miami, Florida
The distinctive vernacular architecture that prevailed in Miami at the end of the 19th century is wonderfully preserved in Commodore Ralph Munroe's former home.The distinctive vernacular architecture that prevailed in Miami at the end of the 19th century is wonderfully preserved in Commodore Ralph...
Lexington, Missouri
Today, the site is restored and furnished in the mid-19th century fashion, but it still displays damage from the shot and shell that hammered it during the Battle of Lexington.The house, which changed hands three times, provided the downstairs hallway where many soldiers lost their lives....
Fort Totten, New York
Once used as an Officer's Club, the building is now home to the Bayside Historical Society, a group dedicated to preserving the Lawrence Family Cemetery, Alley Pond and Fort Totten.The birth of the Bayside Historical Society was the culmination of several committees initiated by its founder, Joseph...
Jacksonville Beach, Florida
The rise of Henry Flagler's Florida East Coast Railroad is documented extensively in this Jacksonville Beach historical museum.19th-century oil tycoon and transportation pioneer Henry Flagler's era-defining Florida East Coast Railroad finds a proper tribute in the Beaches Museum and History Center...
Rockville, Maryland
Built in 1815, this Federal-style home features period rooms and rotating exhibits that illuminate the domestic life of a prominent early nineteenth-century jurist.Though today Rockville, MD, is a bustling suburb of the nation's capital, it was but a small rural town when Upton Beall built this...
Beaver, Pennsylvania
The Beaver Area Heritage Foundation manages a museum as well as the Revolution-era Fort McIntosh Site and an 18th-century reconstructed log cabin.Founded in 1967 in Beaver, PA, 30 miles northwest of Pittsburgh, the Beaver Area Heritage Foundation has achieved local, statewide and national...
Wilmington, North Carolina
This restored antebellum mansion features changing exhibits on architectural history, historic preservation and the design arts.The Bellamy Mansion is one of North Carolina's most spectacular examples of antebellum architecture built on the eve of the Civil War by free and enslaved black artisans,...
Tuscumbia, Alabama
Bearing a striking similiarity in design to Monticello, Belle Mont Mansion's unknown architect is rumored to be none other than Thomas Jefferson.Magnificently sited on a commanding hilltop, Belle Mont is one of early Alabama’s crowning architectural achievements. It is also one of the...
Benicia, California
Benecia's interesting history comes to light in this city museum with numerous exhibits highlighting various parts of the town's heritage.During the 19th century, when Benecia was first being settled, the military built an arsenal there and it became an important spot for the army in California....
La Junta, Colorado
The old fort features a reconstructed 1840's adobe fur trading post on the mountain branch of the Santa Fe Trail where traders, trappers, travelers, and Plains Indian tribes came together.William and Charles Bent, along with Ceran St. Vrain, built the original fort on this site in 1833 to trade...
River Edge, New Jersey
Boasting one of the largest collections of Bergen Dutch artifacts available to the public, the society maintains their collections in historic sites throughout historic New Bridge Landing.The museum and library collections comprise the greatest survival of significant Bergen Dutch artifacts and...
Charles City, Virginia
This historic plantation was the birthplace of Benjamin and William Harrison.One of Virginia's most historic plantations and the site of the first official Thanksgiving in 1619, Berkeley is also the birthplace of Benjamin Harrison, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and President William...
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
This historic athenaeum, dating from 1872, today serves as the public library for the Massachusetts town of Pittsfield.The Berkshire Athenaeum is the public library for the city of Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Incorporated in 1872, it is a non-profit organization which, like many New England...
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
This unique town boasts the country’s first pumped municipal water system (1762 Waterworks, a National Historic Landmark) and a history intertwined with Bethlehem Steel, which brought people from all around the world.The Central Bethlehem Historic District is historically important beyond its...
Collierville, Tennessee
This research center and museum houses exhibits and artifacts for the purpose of educating visitors about the Bible.The refurbished historic structure houses a library, theater, Bible lab, museum store, exhibit gallery and offices. In one of the main exhibits, panels describe the history and...
Upper Marlboro, Maryland
Dr. James Weems built this plantation house in 1740. Today, it is one of the oldest buildings in the area and an invaluable piece of colonial architectural history.Although Major John Billingsley never lived on the property he acquired from Lord Baltimore on the Patuxent River and the Western...
Bishop Hill, Illinois
Bishop Hill was the site of a utopian religious community founded in 1846 by Swedish pietist Eric Janson (1808-1850) and his followers.Many consider the Jansonist emigration as the beginning of Swedish America. A number of historically significant buildings have survived and are scattered...
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Rev. Dr. William White, rector of Christ Church and St. Peter's Church and the first Episcopal Bishop of Pennsylvania, lived in this house from the time it was built in 1787 until his death in 1836.Tours are limited to 10 people, and tickets are distributed on a first-come, first-served basis....
Miami, Florida
In the era of segregation, these buildings functioned as the center of African-American executive and judicial authority in Miami.In September 1944, Miami's first five black police officers were sworn in and given the responsibility of patrolling the Central Negro District, which included today's...